Comments on: Honda Needs a Tune-Up http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike J. http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-7312 Mike J. Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:39:51 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-7312 Late to the party but unfazed... How come the tire manufacturers haven't caught on? Your tires could play a wake-up message at all times! My tires already have a distinct growl on hard turns, too, which could be adapted into a critical warning. On the other hand, the reduction in crashes from drivers falling asleep might be offset by the number of intentional ditchings by drivers driven to insanity by the same three notes over and over and over and over. Late to the party but unfazed…

How come the tire manufacturers haven’t caught on? Your tires could play a wake-up message at all times! My tires already have a distinct growl on hard turns, too, which could be adapted into a critical warning.

On the other hand, the reduction in crashes from drivers falling asleep might be offset by the number of intentional ditchings by drivers driven to insanity by the same three notes over and over and over and over.

]]> By: jeff http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5517 jeff Thu, 12 May 2011 23:19:12 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-5517 I didn't mean the last comment sarcastically. I didn’t mean the last comment sarcastically.

]]> By: jeff http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5516 jeff Thu, 12 May 2011 23:18:32 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-5516 My friend James has no idea either. You people give me hope for the future. My friend James has no idea either. You people give me hope for the future.

]]> By: jeff http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5515 jeff Thu, 12 May 2011 23:13:08 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-5515 I have no idea what any of you people are talking about. I have no idea what any of you people are talking about.

]]> By: David Edwards http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5459 David Edwards Tue, 10 May 2011 05:13:42 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-5459 Hi David. Jeremy Heilman raised the idea of using diagonal grooves, or cutting different grooves for each side of the car. That could be tried on the existing road, by using a Renault 16 as the test car. This had two wheelbases which differed by 2.76 inches, so you would get a different effect from each side - kind of like driving at two different speeds at the same time. Wikipedia has an article about this car; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_16 David Edwards Hi David.

Jeremy Heilman raised the idea of using diagonal grooves, or cutting different grooves for each side of the car. That could be tried on the existing road, by using a Renault 16 as the test car. This had two wheelbases which differed by 2.76 inches, so you would get a different effect from each side — kind of like driving at two different speeds at the same time.

Wikipedia has an article about this car; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_16

David Edwards

]]> By: Honda Needs a Tune-Up | Maszman Speaks! http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-3654 Honda Needs a Tune-Up | Maszman Speaks! Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:11:13 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-3654 [...] I’m sure you’ve seen the Honda com­mer­cial where they cut grooves in a road so that a Honda Civic plays a tune when it dri­ves over it at 55 mph. What you might not real­ize is that Honda made a mis­take in cut­ting the grooves and edited the audio to make it sound sort of cor­r.... [...] […] I’m sure you’ve seen the Honda com­mer­cial where they cut grooves in a road so that a Honda Civic plays a tune when it dri­ves over it at 55 mph. What you might not real­ize is that Honda made a mis­take in cut­ting the grooves and edited the audio to make it sound sort of cor­r.… […]

]]> By: Peter http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Peter Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:53:58 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-903 Bravo! Terrific analysis. Must have been thrilling to find that the numbers and pitches worked out when you predicted their mistake. Too bad Honda got filched by the people they contracted. The whole concept is a cool idea--hopefully someone else will do it better... and maybe include a longer and more interesting melody. Bravo! Terrific analysis. Must have been thrilling to find that the numbers and pitches worked out when you predicted their mistake.

Too bad Honda got filched by the people they contracted. The whole concept is a cool idea–hopefully someone else will do it better… and maybe include a longer and more interesting melody.

]]> By: Trevor Cox http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Trevor Cox Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:51:49 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-384 This is a great post and I've just used it on Sonic Wonders, my new website about Sound Tourism. This is a great post and I’ve just used it on Sonic Wonders, my new website about Sound Tourism.

]]> By: Chris http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Chris Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:25:15 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-211 that was really interesting. when i first saw the commercial i had no idea what melody they were trying to play with the car... it sounded like they just made it up that was really interesting. when i first saw the commercial i had no idea what melody they were trying to play with the car… it sounded like they just made it up

]]> By: Kenton http://davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-needs-a-tune-up/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Kenton Fri, 29 May 2009 07:34:43 +0000 http://davidsd.org/?p=12#comment-162 I hope the congratulations aren't getting old - I just wanted to echo the same sentiments expressed above. I live in Canada and just started seeing this ad online thanks to a proxy server that allows me to watch American programs. It took two listens for me to get fed up and track this down on Google. I still can't believe the final ad in the series where the engineers high-five after listening to a clearly failed attempt - even worse when you consider they were hearing the "pre-re-tuned" version in the car as they congratulated each other. But I'm sure they took a gamble that the vast majority of people wouldn't notice, and judging by the lack of search results on Google, I'd say they gambled right. Either way, your time on this was appreciated. It's always nice to know your part of a crowd, even if it is small. ;) I hope the congratulations aren’t getting old — I just wanted to echo the same sentiments expressed above. I live in Canada and just started seeing this ad online thanks to a proxy server that allows me to watch American programs. It took two listens for me to get fed up and track this down on Google.

I still can’t believe the final ad in the series where the engineers high-five after listening to a clearly failed attempt — even worse when you consider they were hearing the “pre-re-tuned” version in the car as they congratulated each other. But I’m sure they took a gamble that the vast majority of people wouldn’t notice, and judging by the lack of search results on Google, I’d say they gambled right.

Either way, your time on this was appreciated. It’s always nice to know your part of a crowd, even if it is small. ;)

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